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Four members of the Get Money Gangstas street gang pleaded guilty in relation to a Mount Vernon murder three years ago.Photo Credit: Westchester County District Attorney's Office

MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. – Four members of the Mount Vernon Get Money Gangstas street gang pleaded guilty to reduced charges in Westchester County court and now face lengthy prison sentences.

Mark “Markie” Ogilvie, 25; Tyron “Yayo” McCallum, 27; Travis “Trav” Clarke, 25, all of Mount Vernon; and Bronx native Jason “Dutch” White, 32, pleaded guilty to a series of felony charges stemming from an investigation into several homicides that occurred in March 2012, according to Westchester County District Attorney Janet DiFiore.

Ogilvie pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree manslaughter and one count of criminal possession of a weapon. McCallum pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter and one count of criminal possession of a weapon. Each crime is a felony.

Clarke, the group's youngest member, pleaded guilty to one count of attempted murder, while White pleaded guilty to a felony count of criminal possession of a weapon.

Each of the Mount Vernon defendants stood accused of second-degree murder for their role in gang hits on March 11, 2012 that left three men dead.

The first victim, Russell Watkins, a Get Money Gangstas associate, was shot while riding his dirt bike in front of a series of witnesses on Seventh Avenue. The investigation into that murder is ongoing, though it is believed the suspect is a member of a rival street gang, the Goonies.

In retaliation, two associates of the Goonies were “hunted down,” shot and killed later that day.

Shortly before 9 p.m., Stephon Ramsey was shot and killed as he attempted to leave his home. The victim suffered gunshot wounds to the back of his head and right thigh. He died in Jacobi Medical Center eight days later.

Approximately two hours later, Cleveland Baxter was shot while driving his BMW. He died in Mount Vernon Hospital the next day. Six rounds were found in his body during the autopsy. The gun used by the defendants was sold and later recovered by the NYPD in the Bronx.

The joint investigation included officials from the District Attorney’s office, Mount Vernon Police Department, the state Department of Corrections and the FBI. Each of the defendants will be sentenced in the spring.

“In our targeting these gangs, Mount Vernon has seen its gun violence homicides reduced dramatically,” DiFiore said. “The city is now a safer place for all its citizens, some of the same citizens that allowed both the DA and city detectives to develop their trust and confidence, thus allowing witnesses to come forward, resulting in today’s guilty pleas.”

JACKSON HEIGHTS — A teen high-fived his friends after a rival gang member was shot and later told police he hoped the victim died, police said.

Ivan Gomez, 17, was captured on video with two friends — who are still at large — approaching the victim and beginning to fight in front of a deli at 90th Street and 37th Avenue at 7:45 p.m. on Dec. 22, police said.

The victim was shot in the back after running away from the group, according to the NYPD.

The three suspects were seen on video high-fiving one another after shooting the victim, who was taken to Elmhurst Hospital with a collapsed lung.

Gomez, who has no criminal record, later told police he and his friends “held it down,” police said.

“We f--ked him up, I hope that motherf--ker dies,” he told officers, according to the criminal complaint.

Police sources said he was not the shooter.

Just an hour before the shooting, Gomez and his two friends robbed another man in front of the deli at 6:45 p.m., swiping his cellphone and threatening him with a gun, according to prosecutors.

Both incidents are gang-related, police said.

Gomez was arrested on Jan. 6, and was charged with attempted murder, criminal possession of a weapon and robbery for both incidents, police said.

A student used a loaded gun to strike a classmate inside Progress HS for Professional Careers in Brooklyn — just hours before two other students were shot in a gang-related fight, The Post has learned.

News of the hallway assault shocked and angered staffers in the Grand Street Campus, a building that houses three Williamsburg high schools, because many were not informed about the incident at the time, sources say.

“Why weren’t we told? We want to be on the alert. We want to have a heads up,” an insider said.

Some blamed Progress Principal William Jusino, who lobbied hard to have metal detectors removed from the building in 1996.

In the school last Tuesday at about 1:30 p.m., a 17-year-old boy was walking to class when Traevon Stokes, 18, pulled the loaded pistol from his pants and struck him in the head, cops said.

A school safety agent spotted the attack and seized the gun. Stokes was arrested and charged with assault and criminal weapon possession. The victim was treated at the scene.

At about 2:50 p.m., shortly after dismissal, shots rang out less than a block away. A 17-year-old boy was shot in the arm and a 14-year-old girl was struck in the leg. The boy was the intended target, police said.

The shooter jumped on a bus and fled. Cops later found a .25 caliber handgun believed to have been used in the shooting, but have not yet made any arrests.

The shooting was apparently gang-related, cops said. Whether the shooting and earlier gun attack are related is under investigation.

The NYPD has since stationed mobile metal detectors at the school.

Jusino did not return a call or e-mail, but told The Post in 2011 that he opposed permanent scanners.

Just over a month after setting out on their first patrol in Greenport, the Guardian Angels are reporting positive results: According to Benjamin Garcia, who leads the Greenport patrol, MS-13 gang members who’d been preying on women and employees at a convenience store in Greenport, after seeing the organized presence of the Guardian Angels, have hit the road and made themselves scarce.

Curtis Sliwa, founder of the Guardian Angels, said those results speak to the direct and positive impact the group has made on the community. “It can best be seen so far in the way we have been attempting to uproot the gang members away from the bodegas and convenience stores where they have been problematic. Harrasing women, intimidating the customers and threatening the store owners. Most important, when the children walk by, they now see there is an alternative to MS-13 and 18th Street gangs. It is the Guardian Angels.”

In November, at a mass held at St. Agnes R.C. Church in Greenport, members of the Latino community applauded the Guardian Angels and signed up to join patrols as new recruits; two of those new members were present Saturday night.

“The involvement as Guardian Angels from the immigrant community of Greenport is imperative to the success of our effort to stem the growing gang activity in the community and schools,” Sliwa said. “Initially our detractors said it couldn’t happen. But the Guardian Angel effort involves self-help. And the immigrant community, through their support and involvement as Guardian Angels, are taking responsibility for what happens in their community.”

Next, the Guardian Angels are set to commence patrols this month in Riverhead, Sliwa said; in December, Riverhead Town Supervisor Sean Walter said he’d welcome the Guardian Angels to Riverhead with an eye toward combating gang activity and keeping the Latino community safe from “thugs”.

“Our successful launch of the Guardian Angels in the immigrant community of Greenport has paved the way for the start of our effort in Riverhead. Our first patrol will go out the last week of January. The town supervisor has requested that we focus on the immigrant community of Riverhead where a number of crime problems have taken place of late. We will be seeking recruits from that community to patrol Riverhead as Guardian Angels,” Sliwa said.

After the alleged gang attack in Southold in October, Sliwa offered to help address what he considers a growing threat not only on the North Fork but nationwide.

Sliwa has said that having Guardian Angels from the immigrant community who speak Spanish is critical, to reach out to the burgeoning Latino community most vulnerable to gangs preying on their youth. It happens most often in local school districts — with some children recruited into MS-13 and 18th Street gangs as young as six years old. Forming bonds of trust within the Latino community, the Guardian Angels in Greenport are able to bridge gaps and communicate with those who’ve long felt disenfranchised and want to keep their streets safe from gangs, he said.

“It’s important to realize that this is a community that wants to help themselves,” Sliwa said.

During an earlier patrol in December, new recruits spoke to SoutholdLOCAL about what had compelled them to don the red jackets and berets that are the hallmark of the Guardian Angels — and to hit the streets.

“I have kids, a 14 year old and an 18-month old,” said Oscar Cruz of Greenport. “Every generation, they’re waiting for help from the outside, or waiting for cops to do the job. I want to make a difference. If we can do something about leaving our streets safe for our children, for the future, even if we catch one bad guy, it will make a difference.”

He added, “It’s better to start today to make a change, rather than waiting for the next generation.”

Oscar Sanchez said he has long been motivated to get involved after Eber Lopez, 15, of Greenport was shot by alleged gang members in 2009. The teen, who went missing after a christening, was found in Farmingville.

Sanchez he knew the boy, and since his death, always felt the need to do something to stem the tide of gang activity in his own community. “He was at a party with gang members. And then he was shot,” he said.

“I like helping the community,” added Minor Barcarsel of Greenport.

Gabriel Gonzales said he joined the effort “to clean up the community and get rid of the gangs. We want to protect all the children.”

One woman, who declined to be named out of fear for her own safety, confirmed in December that she hoped to join the Guardian Angels; she was moved to take action after her brother was almost assaulted by a known MS-13 gang member in Greenport.

Another employee of a local business who saw the Guardian Angels gathered outside Monday night said she was happy to see them in the village. “Having them here means more security,” she said.

Cops were warned to be watchful, especially in Brownsville's Howard Houses.

Cops were warned on Friday that a Brooklyn street gang may be gunning for them soon, according to authorities.

Detectives from Brownsville’s 73rd Precinct received information that the gang, known as the Young Gunnerz, have made “threats of violence” against cops, according to the internal memo, acquired by the Daily News on Friday.

Cops citywide were told to be careful, especially in Brownsville and the Howard Houses where the gang is active.

“All (officers) on patrol are to use caution and to be aware of their surroundings at all times,” the memo noted. Earlier this week, cops were told members of the Latin Kings had planned to shoot cops in the Bronx, but the threat was ultimately deemed not credible.

Matthew Roberts for new york daily newsThe daughter of a former member of the Latin Kings gang demonstrates hand signals with gang handkerchiefs. The notorious gang allegedly has a plot against cops in the Bronx.

Cops across the city have been warned of a possible plot by the Latin Kings gang to shoot officers at a specific Bronx intersection in the coming weeks, according to police sources.

The department named seven believed associates of the notorious gang who were possibly planning to ambush cops at W. Farms Road and E. Tremont Ave. in Castle Hill during the week of Jan. 19, according to the NYPD’s intelligence bureau, which transmitted the threat to all posts and commands on Sunday.

An informant reported the alleged plot to cops, but the threat had not yet been verified, according to the memo, which nevertheless urged rank and file cops to use extreme caution when interacting with the men.

At least two of the potential threat-makers have served time in state prison on charges of attempted robbery and weapons possession, according to public records.

Fourteen members of the Latin Kings street gang have been indicted on charges accusing them of attacks against rivals that left four victims maimed for life, law enforcement officials announced Thursday.
One victim was stabbed and nearly scalped in an attack last year, according to the indictment. Three of his fellow gang members who were present at the time were also assaulted. They all survived.
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"The streets of Brooklyn do not belong to the Latin Kings but to the people of Brooklyn, and our streets after now safer as a result of these arrests," Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson said in a statement.
Ten of the indicted gang members were arrested Wednesday; four were already behind bars. They were arraigned in Brooklyn Supreme Court and nine were ordered to return to court in January. The lead defendant, Luis Blanco, 26, alleged "First Crown" of the Latin King's Outlaw tribe, was held without bail.
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The charges against them include attempted murder, conspiracy to commit murder, gang assault and tampering with witnesses in connection with attacks on seven rivals of the Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation's Outlaws tribe, according to the indictment.
If convicted of the most serious charges, each defendant faces up to 25 years in prison, Thompson said.
The charges stem from attacks against rival gang members that began in September, 2013.
A second indictment charges four individuals, including a Latin King, with kidnapping and other crimes in connection with an assault and robbery on Oct. 21 in East New York.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) undefined A 10th Street Gang member was sentenced Friday to 30 years in prison for the murder of a rival gang member in 2009.

Miguel Moscoso, 23, of Buffalo was sentenced Friday by U.S. District Judge Richard Arcara. He originally was convicted of Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organizations (RICO) after being a member of the 10th Street Gang for only a year.

“Today’s sentence – like others issued in this case – demonstrates that those who engage in gang activity pay a heavy price upon conviction,” U.S. Attorney William Hochul said.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph Tripi said Moscoso participated in gang violence, possessed firearms, sold marijuana, cocaine, crack cocaine and other controlled substances on Buffalo’s west side.

Moscoso isn’t the only 10th Street Gang member who has been convicted. He and 44 of his former gang have been convicted as part of the case.

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Another member of Buffalo's 10th Street Gang has been sentenced in Federal Court.

U.S. Attorney William Hochul announced 35-year-old Efrain Barreto will serve more than 8 years. Barreto was convicted of Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organization Conspiracy.

Hochul said Barreto sold cocaine and other drugs on the West Side and supplied cocaine to younger members of the gang. He also provided firearms to fellow gang members who used them in shootings.
Barreto is one of 44 people convicted in the case.

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Two Bloods Members Sentenced To Life In Prison ForThe Execution Of Rival Gang Leader

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Friday, August 22, 2014

Over 30 Members of Violent Staten Island Drug Crews Convicted

Earlier today at the Brooklyn federal courthouse, Dontae Sebbern and Dexter Waiters were sentenced to life in prison for, among other crimes, the racketeering-related murder of gang leader Jermaine Dickersen, also known as “Big Den.” The defendants, members of a set of the Bloods known by various names including the “Gorilla Bloods,” were convicted after trial in December 2012 of racketeering, racketeering conspiracy, murder in-aid-of racketeering, narcotics trafficking, and other firearms charges.

The sentences were announced by Loretta E. Lynch, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, and James J. Hunt, Acting Special Agent-in-Charge, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), New York Division.

“The defendants turned the streets of Staten Island into a war zone to perpetuate their gang feud. These defendants were not commissioned soldiers, however, but common criminals who used gang allegiance as an excuse for murder and mayhem. This sentencing closes one chapter in this Office’s ongoing investigations into gang and narcotics-related violence on Staten Island,” stated United States Attorney Lynch. “This Office and our federal and city law enforcement partners will not tolerate such senseless and heinous criminal conduct in our communities.” Ms. Lynch thanked the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the New York City Police Department, and the Richmond County District Attorney’s Office for their assistance in the investigation.

In late 2009, a gang war erupted between the Gorilla Bloods and a rival criminal organization known as the “Arlington Crew,” comprised largely of Bloods gang members based in the Arlington neighborhood of Staten Island. Sebbern, Waiters, and their associate Earl Mangen sold drugs together and, prior to the war, were supplied by associates of the Arlington Crew. In the early morning of November 7, 2009, at a party on Arlington Avenue, a Gorilla Bloods leader started a fight with a member of the Arlington Crew. Dickersen, who at the time was one of the highest ranking Bloods on Staten Island, as well as Arlington Crew members Dion Nelson and Frankie Nelson joined in the fight. When a member of the Gorilla Bloods pulled out a knife, Dion Nelson drew a firearm and shot him in the lower back.1 About an hour after this shooting, Dickersen was shot and killed in a nearby parking lot. Moments later, Sebbern and Waiters were arrested jumping out of a car in possession of firearms, including the murder weapon, and wearing matching camouflage bullet-proof vests.2

Overall, as a result of a series of investigations begun in 2008 into drug and gang-related activity on the North Shore of Staten Island, more than 30 defendants have been convicted of racketeering, murder, narcotics trafficking, and firearms offenses.

The sentencing proceeding of Sebbern and Waiters was held before United States District Judge Sandra L. Townes.

The government’s case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Shreve Ariail and Kevin Trowel.

1 In April 2013, Dion Nelson was sentenced to 25 years in prison following his guilty plea to discharging a firearm in connection with a narcotics trafficking offense.

2 One week later, Mangen was found dead outside his home, shot three times. Andre Collier, an associate of Dickerson’s and Mangen’s former drug supplier, subsequently pled guilty to premeditated homicide and was sentenced to 35 years in prison.